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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Calmness in the face of suffering and adversity; forbearance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Long-suffering; patience; endurance.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Etymologies

  1. From Late Latin longanimitātem, from longanimus, translating Ancient Greek μακροθυμία. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English longanimite, from Old French, from Late Latin longanimitās, from longanimis, patient : Latin longus, long; see longitude + Latin animus, mind, reason; see anə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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